Toyota is having to recall 5.8 million cars around the world over potentially faulty air bag inflators. <br /><br /> The inflators in question use ammonium nitrate which can explode with excessive force after drying out due to prolonged exposure to hot conditions.<br /><br /> They have been linked to at least 16 deaths.<br /><br /> The latest recall includes about 20,000 cars which were fitted with replacement inflators following an initial recall in 2010.<br /><br /> The problem was the replacement parts are also potentially dangerous as they do not contain a drying agent.<br /><br /> Transport authorities around the world now consider inflators without a drying agent to be unsafe, and have ordered all of them to be withdrawn.<br /><br /> The airbags are made by Japanese firm Takata, which is facing massive compensation claims for using the dangerous chemical compound.<br /><br /> About 100 million Takata air bag inflators have been classified as defective worldwide.<br /><br /> Which cars and where<br /><br /> Toyota’s latest recall includes the Corolla and the Vitz or Yaris hatchback. It covers driver-side and passenger-side airbags installed in cars produced between May 2000 and November 2001, and April 2006 and December 2014, the company said.<br /><br /> It affects about 1.16 million vehicles sold in Japan, about 820,000 cars sold in China and around 1.47 million cars in the European market.<br /><br /> The recall extends to Central and South America, Africa, the Near and Middle East and Singapore, and also includes the Hilux pick-up truck and the Etios line of sedans and hatchbacks.<br />
